Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Migrant Worker Returning from Oman to India, 2016

Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Jun;23(6):1005-1008. doi: 10.3201/eid2306.161950.

Abstract

In January 2016, a migrant worker who returned home to India after becoming ill in Oman was confirmed to have Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF). Physicians should include CCHF in the differential diagnosis for patients with hemorrhagic signs and a history of recent travel to any area where CCHF is endemic or prevalent.

Keywords: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever; Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus; India; Oman; imported case; tick-borne disease; vector-borne infections; viruses; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood*
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / classification
  • Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / genetics*
  • Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / isolation & purification
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / diagnosis*
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / virology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin M / blood*
  • India
  • Mice
  • Oman
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Viral / genetics*
  • Transients and Migrants*
  • Travel
  • Vero Cells
  • Viral Load

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Immunoglobulin M
  • RNA, Viral